Sandford Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 57.48° N 1.79° W

Sandford Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 05 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Sandford Bay sea temperature is
14.3° C
0.4° 

Sandford Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Sandford Bay today (05 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 6s period with ESE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 7s period with NNE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Aug, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 7s period with N swell.

The current surf forecast for Sandford Bay at 7AM is: 0.8m 6s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.8m 6s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am August 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Aug)2.5ft (0.8m)6s
Afternoon (05 Aug)2.5ft (0.7m)7s
Evening (05 Aug)2ft (0.6m)7s

Table - waves today at Sandford Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 11mm), heaviest on Wed afternoon. Very mild (max 19°C on Fri afternoon, min 12°C on Wed night). Mainly near gales.

Wednesday
5
Thursday
6
Friday
7
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.3
E
6
1.2
E
6
0.8
ESE
6
0.9
ESE
6
0.7
E
6
0.7
NNE
7
0.7
NNE
7
0.6
N
7
1.8
N
7
2.2
N
7
2.1
N
8
2.1
N
8
1.9
N
8
1.7
NNE
8
1.6
NNE
8
1.5
NNE
8
1.3
NNE
8
1.2
NNE
8
1.1
NNE
8
1
NNE
8
0.9
NNE
7
0.8
NNE
7
0.7
NNE
7
0.7
NNE
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
139
109
49
52
34
42
55
38
293
529
526
569
464
383
306
264
202
174
142
117
86
68
43
41
Wind (km/h)
15
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SSE
5
SSE
15
N
20
WNW
35
WNW
50
NW
45
NW
45
NW
40
NW
35
NNW
25
NW
15
NW
5
N
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SW
15
SSW
20
SW
15
SW
15
SW
20
SW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
5:25AM3.08m
6:06PM2.78m
6:16AM2.92m
7:01PM2.67m
7:23AM2.76m
8:12PM2.60m
Low Tide
11:15PM0.78m
11:48AM0.57m
00:03AM0.91m
12:42PM0.76m
1:05AM1.02m
1:51PM0.93m
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:09
5:11
5:13
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9:14
9:12
9:09
 mm
1
1
3
3
1
2
Temp °C
15
15
15
16
16
16
16
13
12
12
12
13
13
14
15
14
13
14
14
15
18
19
18
16
Feels °C
14
14
14
16
16
14
14
6
2
3
4
5
6
8
11
12
11
12
11
12
14
16
14
11
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